Technology Advances in Fast Reactors and Accelerator Driven Systems
Planned Coordinated Research Project:
Analyses of and Lessons Learned from the Operational Experience with Fast Reactor Equipment and Systems
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| duration: | 2005-2008 |
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It is reasonable to assume that, were nuclear energy to remain an option as part of the long-term world energy supply mix, meeting the sustainability requirements vis-à-vis natural resources and long-lived radioactive waste management will require deploying systems involving several reactor types and fuel cycles operating in symbiosis. Apart from cost effectiveness, simplification, and safety considerations, a basic requirement to be met by these reactor types and fuel cycles will be flexibility to accommodate changing objectives and boundary conditions. This flexibility can not be assured without the deployment of the fast neutron spectrum reactor technology, and reprocessing. Presently, the interest in the fast reactor is decreasing, and the retirement of many of the developers of this technology is reaching its peak. Moreover, R&D programs are being discontinued, and facilities falling in disuse. Under these circumstances, the loss of the fast reactor knowledge base should be taken seriously. One particularly important aspect of this knowledge base is given by the accumulated operational experience. The objective of the CRP is to produce a database of the accumulated fast reactor operational and decommissioning experience that is available in each of the participating Member States.
The first stage of the CRP could consist in a systematic review of all the available documents (and other relevant materials), and their preservation in a database. The second stage of the CRP could analyze and evaluate the data stored in the first stage with regard to specific topics of interest to the participating Member States.
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For full details please see: crp8.pdf (36 kB)
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